Tragically Hip

Watching on Amazon Prime right now.

 

I’ve never heard of them.  Were they really that good?

 

@Cranky_Hank

 Good but Canadian. Only great Canadian musician was Gordon Lightfoot. 

@Getty3

 Gordon Lightfoot was a fan of John Prine, a former mailman from Maywood, Illinois.  John Prine was also a singing storyteller.

Dan Hill would like a word with you

 

I always knew you weren't one for barenaked ladies.

RUSH anyone?

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Would you like a signed copy of Geddy Lee's autobiography?

The Guess Who could carry a tune. 

Yes they were.

 

American Woman outsold everything else at the time. 

 

Greatest GWN act, bar none...

 

There is a great documentary on Gordon Lightfoot, feel like was on PBS.  I love his music but he isn’t better then Hip or Neil.

Not a lot musicians or bands can top Neil Young's body of work. 

Hip are similar in terms of Neil, if you ask 100 Hip/Neil fans what there favourite tune was you might get 50 different answers.  I read an article about this documentary and his brother said it best, it is hard to pinpoint why they resonate with so much with Canadians but guess that is what is so great about music.  
 
  As can be the case in a lot of my responses they can seem much more jerk store then they are intended.  My son is 18 and has many Lightfoot tunes on his playlist.

I like everything from The Ratpack to The Revivalists.  The Revivalists played at the Red Rock theater in Colorado when I was there this summer.  I saw Red Rock but not The Revivalists.

Saw them at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley in 2019, before the pandemic. Magical night. "Wish I Knew You" is still a banger.

@StumpTownStu

 

 

Great music at a great venue.

A beautiful way to live.

If I can’t get the music, at least I saw the venue.  The Beatles, The Bangles, Tom Petty and the list goes on forever played at Red Rock.  A real cool setting.